Resting Stand
Glazed Earthenware, MDF and Steel,
2016
Education
MFA, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University
BFA, Ceramics Major, NSCAD University
Crafts and Design Diploma, Sheridan College
Selected Professional Activity
Selected Exhibitions
2022 More Clay - The Power of Repetition, AU Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Curated by Rebecca Cross, Washington, DC
Moving in Circles (solo exhibition), Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
2020 Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
2019 Nurikabe, Tetsuo’s Garage, Organized by Anne Eastman and Tam Ochiai, Nikko, Japan
The Form Will Find Its Way: Contemporary Ceramic Sculptural Abstraction, Katharine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Clay Today, The Hole, New York City, NY
A Better Understanding, (two person exhibition with Martina Lantin), Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB
Reliant Objects, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2017 Method Accumulation: Studies in Materiality and Existence, Curated by Andrew Casto, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland, OR
2016 A Round About, Present Company, New York, NY
Small Victories, School 33 Art Center, Curator: Jose Ruiz, Baltimore, MD
2015 Fabricated Fictions (two-person exhibition with Nathan Prouty), Curator: James Barker, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
Tools For No Purpose (solo exhibition), Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
Constructed, Curator: Peter Johnson, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, LaGrande, OR
2014 RBC Emerging Artists Exhibition, Nominator: Dianne Charbonneau, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
Sitting Still (solo exhibition), Harrisburg Area Community College Art Space, Lancaster, PA
2013 Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Sculpture X, Broad Street Gallery, CCAD, Columbus, OH
Hot Mud, Juror: Rachel Gotlieb, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
2022 More Clay at AU Museum, Exhibition Review, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, September 29th 2022
2020 “Theatre of the Domestic” The works of Martina Lantin and Zimra Beiner, article by Amy Gogarty and Mireille Perron, Studio Potter Magazine
2019 “The Form Will Find Its Way”, Exhibition Catalogue, Katharine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota
2018 “Clay Today” The Hole NYC, Exhibition Review by Jillian Steinhauer, The New York Times (April 18, 2018)
2017 The Meeting of Matter and Meaning, Article by Mireille Perron, Studio Magazine (Fall/Winter 2017 issue)
2016 About & Around: A Round About, Exhibition Review by Paul D’Agostino, Brooklyn Magazine, Nov. 17 2016
2015 Zimra Beiner – Trial and Error, Article by Anja Sommers, New Ceramics (Feb. 2015 Issue)
Zimra Beiner – Tools For No Purpose, Exhibition Review by Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post (Marh 20th 2015)
Nathan Prouty and Zimra Beiner Highlight the Richness of Moments Overlooked, Exhibition Review by Justin Crowe, CFile Online Publication: https://cfileonline.org/sculpture-center-cleveland-contmporary-ceramics/
Zimra Beiner – Emerging Artist Profile, Ceramics Monthly (May 2015 Issue)
Selected Awards
Awards/Grants
2022 Alberta Foundation for the Arts – Project Grant
2021 Canada Council for the Arts – Visual Arts Project Grant
2018 Winnifred Shantz Award for Ceramics
2017 Canada Council for the Arts – Visual Arts Project Grant
2015 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award
Art Kudos Best of Show Award, Juror: Charles Long
2014 Nceca Emerging Artist Award, Jurors: Sam Chung, Jeanne Quinn, Josh DeWeese
Craft Ontario, Pottery Supply House Award